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what is the furthest you'd go immorally for a fresh salary? Hell I'd work for Palantir for a nice $250k or be a manager at Evil Corporation Inc if I got a crisp $300k.

or are you a goody two shoes who will stand by your principles even if it means pain!

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[–] theherk@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fun thought experiment, but I don’t think one can know without it truly on the table. I like to think I would not at all, but my responsibilities to loved ones may force me to in some situation.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Easy, just don't have so many loved ones. /s

As someone who doesn't really have responsibilities to loved ones I don't really know what I would do with it if I suddenly got something like 3k a month (total). So a 300k yearly which is almost 9x more doesn't really appeal to me, unless the job itself is nice.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

its basically one of the reasons to not have kids. you see how people can be controlled in this way and at best these kids are going to be in your same position or worse as things have been going for the last 50 years. luckily older folk generally have done a bit better and you don't have to worry about them much.